**NOTICE**Due to an impending winter storm, the banquet has been canceled.

Banquet Speaker

Michael R. Bartley

Michael R. Bartley is the Executive Director of the Wesley Foundation at Oklahoma State University. He is an experienced thinker and teacher. Michael has spent significant time traveling throughout the United States, Central and South America. He is deeply committed to the philosophical conversations with and between various religious traditions. Michael is a graduate of Southern Nazarene University and Duke University. Michael has significant experience in Board Development, fund-raising, program development, evaluation and leadership. Michael has a wide variety of friends and influencers in his life. He is influenced by people as different as Stanley Hauerwas and Gustavo Guiterrez. Michael is committed to working for social justice and peace. Michael is the father of three grown daughters. In his free-time, he enjoys cycling, cave diving, reptiles, hiking, sailing, reading and taking risks that others think are crazy.